Ch. 16 The Americas Study Guide
How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Europe and the Americas?
People on all continents grew new foods and new animals to trade.
The Spanish forced labor system in the Americas resulted in...
atrocities against Native Americans
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of...
calendar
Both (Mound builders & Olmec) =
created works of art, had several social classes, held religious rituals
What Spanish policy granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish colonists as a reward?
encomienda
What was not a motivating factor for Europeans to explore and colonize the Americas?
enslave natives to send to Europe
Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of the Americas?
Native American lives were changed forever by colonization
Which best defines a civilization?
A community that has features such as cities, governments, workers, trade, and religion.
How did the earliest humans arrive in the Americas over 10,000 years ago?
Across a land bridge connected Eurasia to the Americas following animals
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he arrived in the Americas?
Asia
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below?
Because the capital was built on an island.
Why were diseases like smallpox especially deadly among the tribes of the Americas?
Because the natives had no immunity to the disease
True or False -- Columbus 1st to sail to america
False
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
What was Pizarro's motivation for exploring the Incan Empire?
Gold and silver (wealth)
The Aztecs built their capital city on what would become present day ____________________.
Mexico City
Where were the Maya located?
Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Mesoamerica, and Central America
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish first arrived in Mexico?
Montezuma
The first Europeans to make settlements in the Americas were the...
Spanish
What disease that almost wiped out the entire population of Native Americans in the Americas?
Smallpox
Name three things that led to the Spanish conquering the Indians.
Smallpox, weapons, and horses
The Aztecs and Incas were defeated by "Conquistadors" - A Conquistador is a...
Spanish explorer/ conquer looking for riches
True or False -- Did the Mayan make paper.
True
What was a result of exploration of the Americas?
Violent conflicts
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent settlements?
farming
Mound builders =
ruins found in US
What object that the Olmec created do most people think of?
stone heads
Olmec =
written language & ruins found in Mexico
